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A Paler Shade of White.(American pop music)
In May, I went with a friend to see the Canadian indie-rock band Arcade Fire perform at the United Palace, a gilded rococo church in Washington Heights that seats more than three thousand and doubles as a theatre. The band was playing to a noisily receptive crowd during what has been a very successful year. Arcade Fire's latest album, "Neon Bible," which was released here in March, has sold more than three hundred thousand copies--an impressive number for an indie band during an industry-wide sales slump--and the group was on its second visit to New York in three months.
The band, six men and three women, shared the stage with half a dozen curved screens and ...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) March 2, 2007 700+ words
...indie rock's most acclaimed bands, Arcade Fire, turns the space into its own non...2005. At each of those big shows, Arcade Fire rose to the occasion and left fans...Superchunk and Portastatic, signed Arcade Fire based on a demo tape, but knew he had...
- Arcade Fire aim to set the world of music alight.(Features)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) August 12, 2005 700+ words
...days." But that's what Canadians Arcade Fire did, and now only a year since the...playing their dad's record collections. Arcade Fire bring together all the music of their...heavens, has gone completely bonkers for Arcade Fire. 'The profile is pretty much the same...
- The Arcade Fire.(Brief Article)(Concert Review)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Mirkin, Steven January 18, 2005 700+ words
...15, 2005; closed Jan. 16. The Arcade Fire's ascension to band of the moment...occasionally, the hype is right; the Arcade Fire is the real thing. The young band...with a swooning chorus of voices. The Arcade Fire has come up with a rustic reworking...
- Live and kicking; Arcade Fire are the latest in a line of bands attracting...
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) August 19, 2005 700+ words
...a night's work for the sevenpiece Arcade Fire, purveyors of art rock on a grand scale...or surf a slinky, worldbeat groove. Arcade Fire are typical of today's buzz bands...the time complicates things too." Arcade Fire already seem to be every musician...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) May 18, 2007 700+ words
...start of a tour that brings Montreal's Arcade Fire in for three sold-out shows this weekend...career. -- One riveting song on the new Arcade Fire album, "Neon Bible," is "Antichrist...on by thinking about weird things." Arcade Fire When: Friday-Sunday Where: Chicago...
- Arcade Fire can't rein in its ambition.
- Newspaper article from: Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA) March 5, 2007 700+ words
...Byline: Ben Wener By now any ardent Arcade Fire fan clamoring to hear the Montreal outfit...track in a restroom _ the run-up to Arcade Fire's re-emergence has had more enticement...wrapped up by early March? The new Arcade Fire album is THAT good." I wish I could...
- Arcade Fire's excellent 'Funeral' a fitting tribute to lost loved ones.(Time...
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) March 4, 2005 700+ words
Byline: Evan Thorne The Arcade Fire, "Funeral" (Merge Records...sterile popular music scene? The Arcade Fire, hailing from Montreal, have...drumbeat or an acoustic guitar. The Arcade Fire are most definitely a band to watch...
- 'Neon' a challenge for Arcade Fire.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) May 21, 2007 700+ words
...Kot May 21--Big numbers preceded Arcade Fire's weekend-long residency at the...down LaSalle Street for the Bears. But Arcade Fire still had a job to do. Its task: How...women in formal dresses, the members of Arcade Fire take this business of entertaining seriously...